# Talking Drupal #339 - Smart Date
Today we are talking about Smart Date with Martin Anderson-Clutz

[www.talkingDrupal.com/339](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/339)

## Topics
- Why are dates in Drupal so complex
- How does Smart Date make things easier
- What inspired you to make Smart Date
- How has the community helped shape the evolution of Smart Date
- Are there other key features
- How is Smart Date's approach to recurring events different from other modules
- How do you get started with Smart Date
- What if your site is using core Date field
- What modules does Smart Date work with
- Complex use cases
- When should you NOT use Smart Date
- Roadmap
- How can people help

## Resources
* [Smart Date](https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_date)
* [Recurring events episode 274](https://talkingdrupal.com/274)
* [Date recur](https://www.drupal.org/project/date_recur)
* [RNG](https://www.drupal.org/project/rng)
* [Ticket](https://www.drupal.org/project/ticket)
* [SimplyTest.me](https://simplytest.me/project/smart_date_calendar_kit)
* [Smart Date Calendar Kit](https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_date_calendar_kit)
* [Date augmenter api](https://www.drupal.org/project/date_augmenter)
* [V4.0 Plan](https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_date/issues/3255566)
* [Smart Date Registration Kit](https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/surgemartin/3209977)
* [Current Year in Thailand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Thailand)
* [EPAM Careers](https://www.epam.com/careers)
* [Bookable Calendar](https://www.drupal.org/project/bookable_calendar)
* [Community events issue](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalorg/issues/3164818)
* [Webchick tweet](https://twitter.com/webchick/status/1502840604597755908)
* [Granularity issue](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2868014)

## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
Martin Anderson-Clutz - [@mandclu](https://twitter.com/mandclu)

## MOTW
[Inline Entity Form](https://www.drupal.org/project/inline_entity_form)
Provides a widget for inline management (creation, modification, removal) of referenced entities.
The primary use case is the parent -> children one (product display -> products, order -> line items, etc.), where the child entities are never managed outside the parent form.
Existing entities can also be referenced.